Sustainable packaging

Packaging from renewable sources

Public awareness driving demand for sustainable food, beverage packaging

January 29, 2019

The issue right now is trying to define what ‘packaging from renewable sources’ actually means, and to provide methods for comparing one alternative to another.

Readers name their favorite beverage of December

Victorieux Champagne rises as consumers’ favorite

January 22, 2019

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As consumers adjust to the post-holiday blues, their thirst for premium beverages carries on. In the Readers’ Choice: New Product poll for December, Beverage Industry readers’ selected Victorieux Champagne as their favorite new product release.

Coca-Cola, Ioniqa Technologies work to support recycling efforts

Companies strive to design recyclable packaging

January 17, 2019

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The agreement is designed to accelerate the development and deployment of high-grade recycled content PET for use in bottles used by The Coca-Cola Co.

Reusable packaging systems improve consumables’ footprint

Brands work to maximize return-on-investments

Taylor Karg

January 14, 2019

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Determination for creating a greener earth is driving beverage suppliers and consumers to reduce, reuse and definitely, recycle.

Terra Water

December 26, 2018

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EB Beverage launched Terra Water, a bottled water where the bottle is 100 percent biodegradable and compostable, the company says.

Cartons, aseptic packaging deliver sustainable, healthy qualities

Consumers trend toward environmentally friendly packaging

Taylor Karg

October 25, 2018

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As consumer preferences lean toward environmentally friendly products, brand owners and packaging material suppliers must adapt and manufacture beverages that utilize recyclable materials.

10th Avenue Tea innovates with shakeable matcha tea powders

Company Top 3 finalist on Windy City Live

Barbara Harfmann

October 23, 2018

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The environmentally conscious entrepreneurs sought to bring something new to the beverage aisle: a healthy, convenient and ecofriendly instant tea.

Krones Modular Labeling System - Beverage Industry

Labeling equipment innovates to meet manufacturers’ needs

Speed, durability, repeated performances key to successful machinery

Taylor Karg

September 7, 2018

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As SKU proliferation continues, the need to have custom, yet functional labels is more prevalent than ever. Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) must stay up-to-date on evolving trends for flexible, reliable and efficient labeling equipment to support the ever-changing beverage market.

PepsiCo announces waste diversion, 2017 packaging results

Company reaches a 95 percent diversion rate

July 17, 2018

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PepsiCo, Purchase, N.Y., released its 2017 sustainability report, showing the company made progress toward its 2025 packaging design goal. The company’s sustainability strategy, called Performance with a Purpose (PwP), aims to reduce PepsiCo’s environmental footprint, expand its nutritional products, while simultaneously working to better the lives of people and families, the company says.

The Coca-Cola Co. announces World Without Waste

Company sets goal to collect, recycle one container for every one sold

January 23, 2018

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Atlanta-based The Coca-Cola Co. announced that it is fundamentally reshaping its approach to packaging, with a global goal to help collect and recycle the equivalent of 100 percent of its packaging by 2030.